Obese woman gets ready for weight loss surgery after four years

Good effort and hard work never go unnoticed, and this is especially true for an overweight woman who hasn’t seen the outside world for almost four years.

Weighting exactly 680lbs, Chitoka Light is seeing the sunshine for the first time in years. She has been struggling with weight gain and obesity for the past four years and due to her serious state, she was unable to get out of the house, let alone function as a normal person.

The 49-year-old woman has been filmed for TLC’s show ‘Family by the Ton’ along with a couple of her cousins and husband. At the moment, Light is looking forward to stepping out of the house for the first time and catching a breath of fresh air.

As she says, one day at a time is all that she can do at this point, by solely stepping outside her house is a progress.

Chitoka’s body gained plenty of weight, to the point where she was in too much pain to go outside or walk around the house. She even made furniture arrangements around the house so she can access the bathroom more easily. Seeing this is not an option for the future, Chitoka decided to turn everything around and dedicate her efforts to losing weight.

She has been working with a personal trainer, Robyn, who is currently preparing her for the outer world.

She even did not manage to attend her mother’s funeral due to her obesity and is now hoping to move on from this horrifying experience.

Aside from herself, her cousin Naomi and Aunt Beverly are also going through a similar process and won’t be able to witness her stepping outside for the first time in four years. the first time in four years.

Her husband, Drew, who has reached 635lbs on the scale, is also trying his best to get back in the real world and overcome all of his obstacles.

Chitoka is expected to walk outside any day now, and the family cannot be more thrilled. If everything goes well, she will be taking the next steps into fixing her life, which includes a regulated diet, exercise, and a weight loss surgery. a weight loss surgery.